#AEC4E5#AEC4E5

#AEC4E5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.053 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E5
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -0.31, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 18.86, 269.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0106 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.053 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3345, 54.1342, 81.8578)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E5 #E5CFAE

analogous

#AEE0E5 #AEC4E5 #B4AEE5

triadic

#AEC4E5 #E5AEC4 #C4E5AE

tetradic

#AEC4E5 #E5AEE0 #E5CFAE #AEE5B4

square

#AEC4E5 #E5AEE0 #E5CFAE #AEE5B4

split-complementary

#AEC4E5 #E5B4AE #E0E5AE

monochromatic

#5181C7 #80A2D6 #AEC4E5 #DCE6F4 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#AEC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E5

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E5	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.053 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5ed',
    500: '#aec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e5;
$custom-light: #c7d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81471,
    "c": 0.05257,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E5

secondary

#BFA378

accent

#8227BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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